He presented Abbas with a medallion and explained that it represented the “angel of peace destroying the bad spirit of war.”
Francis said he thought the gift was appropriate since “you are an angel of peace.”
Read reply #3. “Possa essere” correctly translates is “could be.”
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-calls-palestinian-leader-angel-peace-during-visit-102028787.html
He presented a medallion, representing the Angel of Peace.
This word parsing doesn’t explain the medallion.
FR Addict, read the article. That’s not what he said.